Gotze, 23, has repeatedly been linked with a move to Anfield since his former Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp took over at Liverpool in October and Sky Sports sent social media into a frenzy on Tuesday by substantiating written reports in England over the last 48 hours.

The attacking midfielder scored the winning goal in the 2014 World Cup final and has four Bundesliga titles to his name and Twitter is sceptical of a player of his calibre choosing to move to Liverpool.

liverpool is getting gotze? ill believe it when i see it. no way the world will be that kind to me